Realm of Power

The air on Feize Coast in early winter is a bit dry. Unlike the continuous rainy season in the Royal Capital area, the airflow from the ocean keeps the entire coastal area bright and sunny. The mountains and forests in the distance seem to be glowing with a layer of slightly green air under the sun. Generally speaking, it seemed extremely peaceful. The fat man retracted his gaze from a distance and looked at the Navy Minister Dostelenko behind him. His loud voice echoed in the room, "So... the royal family of Fezer got it without any effort." One hundred thousand border guards?”

"Indeed, it's a very unexpected turn." Dustronkai stood at attention, wearing a black military uniform. He looked heroic and looked slightly embarrassed. "No one expected that Feize's military would split so quickly. Feizer's Fifth Army, Eighth Army, and Twelfth Army would rather surrender to the royal family than return to the military."

"Ferretri is a soldier. The duty of a soldier is to fight, and the duty of a king is to recruit all the forces that can be used for his own use. It is not a competition between the same people." The fat man raised his eyebrows indifferently. At this point, King Fezer undoubtedly had extraordinary means. With a Newlon, he not only divided the alliance between the military and the nobles, , and also forced the 100,000 Feize border guards to rebel. In the blink of an eye, the military force that had an absolute advantage suddenly became torn apart. 50,000 noble troops went to the west, and Feize was fifth, eighth, and tenth. The second army surrendered to the royal family, and the royal family had the upper hand in military strength for the first time. If I guess correctly, the Fezer royal family should be preparing to counterattack."

"Counterattack?" Dostelenko's eyes flashed, he hesitated, and said in a concentrated voice, "Ferretri still has the most elite First Army, Second Army, Eleventh Army, and Thirteenth Army in his hands. It is said that Feletelli personally supervised the battle on the Newlon front, with the First Army as the main attack, and the 11th and 13th Army as the flanks. Under attack from three sides, the Eighth Army was the first to collapse, and the Fifth Army and the Twelfth Army had already collapsed. I’m so stressed that I can’t breathe, and there are signs of collapse at any time.”

"Feletri is so powerful? It's really surprising. But Newlon is just a chess piece used by the royal family to consume Feletri. It doesn't matter whether he wins or loses." The fat man was slightly surprised, and from his own He took out a document from the drawer and handed it to Dostelenko, "Send someone to the capital of Fezer to express congratulations to the Fezer royal family on their upcoming victory, and at the same time request the royal family to sign a formal west coast cession treaty."

"Yes. I will immediately arrange for capable personnel to handle this matter."

Dostelenko nodded seriously, took the document, hesitated, and expressed his worries, "Your Majesty, what if the Fezer royal family refuses? From the current point of view, the Fezer royal family has more than 200,000 troops. , already have a clear advantage, will they still abide by the agreement?”

The fat man smiled coldly and looked at the vast sky outside the window. "The second batch of troops should arrive this afternoon."

"Yes," Durstrom was stunned. "The response fleet has sent back a message and has successfully received the transport fleet in the open sea. It is approaching the coast."

"That's alright. Do you really think that the empire would expect the Fezer royal family to abide by any secret agreement?" The fat man shrugged. With a relaxed look on his face, he took out a bottle of red wine from his collection, poured a glass, and handed it to Dustrunke. While tilting his head and pouring another cup, he smiled and said, "The empire has gained the support and trust of millions of slaves on the west coast. It doesn't matter whether it is formally ceded or not. And do you really think that the Fezer royal family dares to sign this official document?" ? Just kidding, in this situation, whoever signs it is a traitor and is a rat that everyone calls for beating. Even the Feize royal family, which is now in the upper hand, will not dare to do this, otherwise it will be a matter of betrayal and separation overnight. So they will definitely not sign it!”

"Yes, I understand."

There was a flash of realization on Dostelenko's face. He clenched the document in his hand, but felt extremely heavy and cold all over. What kind of congratulations was this? It was simply a debt collection. The emperor was preparing for the rhythm of a lion's mouth. ! Proposing to sign a formal agreement at this time feels like causing trouble without giving money.

The Fezer royal family will definitely not sign it!

Then there are only two possibilities, either risking a war with the empire that has increased its troops on the west coast before the royal war is over, or agreeing to the empire's more demanding requirements and sacrificing more national interests to compensate the empire and beat the snake. Seven inches, this time is the most critical moment for the Feize royal family.

The hope of unifying the royal power for a century is just around the corner. The plan that has been prepared for so long is just the last step away.

As long as you are a normal person, you will choose to sacrifice more interests in exchange for unified royal power. The empire is equivalent to taking away a big cake of interest division after Feize's civil war without spending a single soldier! There was no room for the other party to refuse at all, and the emperor's methods had reached the point where there was no trace left! He looked on coldly, seemingly unconcerned, but in fact, it would be fatal if he took action! You can imagine what the expression of King Feize, who had been planning so painstakingly, would be like when this request was sent to the capital of Feize! Dostronkai turned around and left, silently mourning for the Fezer royal family in his heart.

The fat man drank down the red wine in his hand, took a long breath, and stood on the balcony. The bright sunshine shone on him, dragging a long shadow.

The empire has issued a land decree on the west coast. As direct beneficiaries of the decree, millions of slaves have become land-owning freedmen. Their support for the empire has reached an extreme level. A few days ago, a small slave owner was dissatisfied with the decree. , made a few ugly complaints, and was beaten to death by slaves who became freedmen in the street. Compared with the benefits obtained by the slaves, the real benefits were actually obtained by the empire.

With the promulgation of the decree, 90% of the West Coast nobles and slave owners chose to flee. They took away everything they could, and thousands of plantations and various industries that could not be taken away. They could only endure the pain and cry. , in just a few days, all were disposed of at extremely low prices. The Imperial Bank took advantage of the opportunity to attack. A plantation worth one million could be purchased for only five thousand gold coins. Within a few days, the Imperial Bank quickly Becoming the largest chaebol on the West Coast, it only cost less than one million gold coins in total to acquire the plantation estates and countless industries on the entire West Coast. According to the estimate of the Imperial Bank's professional appraiser, these plantations and industries have all increased. The total value is at least between 50 million and 80 million, which can be said to be one-half of the entire Feize Kingdom, and now it has become the empire's property intact.

With these industries and plantations. The economic conditions for the empire to build a southern economic center on the west coast are already in place. All that remains is to wait until the port area is built so that business circles from the north and the south can be connected. It is not like the Inland Sea area, although it is still connected between the north and the south. However, there are only a dozen or so ports in the south that are open to the empire. At the ports, you can enjoy the preferential treatment of the empire's business. Once you leave the ports, you will once again fall into the heavy miscellaneous taxes of each region.

"Your Majesty, news from Sir Situ Han." A guard captain opened the door and came in, holding a report in his hand.

"Nian" The fat man standing on the balcony didn't look back, he just raised his hand. His eyes suddenly brightened up and he was frightened. "The southern bird returns to the north." The guard captain opened the report and saw that there were only these four words in the entire report. Although he didn't know what they meant, he still read it out loud decisively.

"Is this coming? The royal family's final blow to Ferretri!" The fat man looked calm and stared into the distance. His sharp eyes seemed to see something in the distance, and he said to himself

The gateway to the capital of Feize, Bikea

It was raining in the dark sky, and the rainwater flowed onto the dark red city road of the fortress. Ziraya, commander of the fifth infantry regiment of Feize's second army. Wiping away the eyes that were blurred by the rain and blood with his hands, he tried to see clearly ahead. The long horn horn with a sense of solemnity still echoed in the sky filled with heavy rain. There were piles of corpses, broken spears stuck on the battlefield, broken spears and heavy swords everywhere, corpses everywhere on the city road, the severed infantry regiment flag fell to the ground, and in front of the sight, countless enemies Just like the tide overflowing the walls of Bikoa,

"The gate has fallen. We can't hold it any longer!" A voice came from the city gate. It was like a skin drum had been beaten, and there was a hint of tragedy in the hoarseness.

"Come here, go to the legion base camp and report immediately. Bikoya has fallen. The number of enemies in the rear of the army is huge and cannot be estimated. This is the final report of the Fifth Infantry Regiment!" Zirayad looked ferocious, and a man rushed up from The enemy soldier pulled out a bloody sword from the corpse and yelled to The messenger behind him shouted, and the triangular swallow-tailed battle flag of the delegation leader above his head was still rustling in the wind. More than half of the city wall had collapsed, and all the troops who could still fight, less than a thousand people, were suppressed in the last section. The slope has become the largest battle line.

The opponent relied on their numerical advantage, holding shields and erecting gun formations to advance. Although it was slow, the effect was obvious. The opponent's combat power was not strong, but there was strength in numbers. In the case of a sudden attack, The Fifth Regiment of Fezer's Second Army fought desperately against an enemy that was ten times more numerous. A spearman pierced the oncoming enemy. The enemy, but was pierced by more spears from the opponent, and fell unwillingly amidst the roar of death. This kind of scene is very common on this front. Not only are the number of enemies staggering, but they also don't know what method to use. , directly opened the city gate, and several times the enemy poured in. Under the attack from the front and back, the city wall was lost almost in the blink of an eye.

In a hurricane-like surprise attack, even with the 5,000-plus troops of the 5th Infantry Regiment, 80% of them were consumed in just over an hour. Ziraya is still I don’t understand what’s going on. How did the enemy get in? How many enemies there are? The only thing Ziraya can feel is that the attack line spread out all over the mountains and plains is definitely more than 100,000 level. More than 100,000 enemies suddenly appeared in the direction of Bikoya, not to mention Japan. Raya, the general in charge of garrisoning Bikoya, was confused. The entire fifth regiment was also confused. One hundred thousand level enemies were not a small number and could not appear out of thin air. So where did these more than one hundred thousand enemies come from?

"Sir, the city gate has been opened, and the remaining enemies are being eliminated on the city wall!"

A scout cavalry wearing the armor of the Fezer Guards ran from a distance, came to the commander-in-chief of the Fezer Guards, Kurusdi, and loudly reported that there were ten more soldiers beside Kurusdi. There are several people with different armors. Some are generals wearing the armor of the Fezer Guards, and some are wearing other armors. A man in armor, after hearing the report of the scout cavalry, a thin middle-aged nobleman, with a very awkward Feizer accent, smiled and said, "Lord Kurusdi, Bikoya has been captured, shall we? Go ahead and slap Ferrietri in the butt. Finish the spanking as soon as possible so that everyone can go back early."

"Don't worry, young patriarch, I want to end this war as soon as possible more than you all!"

Kurudia took a deep breath and said, his eyes sweeping over the mountain of corpses and sea of ​​blood on the top of the city. The short-broken military flag was fluttering in the wind. There was no joy at all on his face. These dead soldiers were all dead. Ze's most elite warrior! As General Fezer, he is destined to base his achievements on killing his own people. How can he be happy?

Except for those who know the plan, who can imagine such a thing! Even Kurudia was shocked by this plan at first. The Fezer Guards left Beijing and conquered the south, which was a big scam in itself.

Ten years ago, the fifty-year-old crown prince had reached an agreement with the southern vassal royal family. On the condition of agreeing to its independence, he would recruit troops from the southern vassal kingdom to cooperate with the 50,000 imperial guards and stand behind the military at critical moments. Deliver a decisive blow, Kyoto The tragedy was mostly for the military to see. Most of the southern nobles who died were insignificant figures. The real big shots had been replaced long ago. After all, so many people were killed that night, who could really kill them? Is it possible to go through the corpses one by one and examine them?

The southern vassal kingdom has been suppressed by the military for more than a hundred years. The military has always recruited servants from the vassal kingdom for conquests. I don’t know how many servants fell silently on the battlefield. Even the nobles of the southern vassal kingdom, In front of Feize's military, he was treated like a dog. If he didn't get what he wanted, he would be killed with military orders.

The hatred of the high-level officials of the vassal kingdom towards Feize's military is far greater than the hatred towards Feize's royal family. As long as the military is there, there is absolutely no possibility for the southern vassal kingdom to stand on its own. Under the same enemy, the royal family and the royal family of the vassal kingdom We hit it off almost immediately, and after ten years of planning, we got everything we wanted. It is to introduce military power into the royal capital area, and the person in charge of the renovation of Bialik Fortress ten years ago was Krudia. Krudia knew the layout of the entire fortress best. The original layout was indeed quite effective. There are secret passages into the city, two of which are near the city gate.

No matter how powerful the military was, they would never have imagined that the royal family would calculate themselves in this way. They opened the city gate directly from the inside, and the army rushed in crazily. The 5,000 elite men left behind by Ferretri at the Blick Fortress were almost gone in the blink of an eye. All the people were killed, and Alec, known as the portal of the royal capital, changed hands again in just ten days!

"Order, all troops enter the city!" Krudia raised his hand and ordered loudly. The torrent of infantry queues began to move forward, and thunderstorms rumbled overhead (to be continued.)